Utility that simply launches another program.

Launcher.c

/* Copyright (C) 2018, Manuel Meitinger
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

#define STRICT
#include <Windows.h>

#pragma comment(linker, "/ENTRY:Run")
#pragma comment(linker, "/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS")
#pragma comment(lib, "Kernel32.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "User32.lib")

void Run(void)
{
    DWORD exitCode;
    LPWSTR cmdLine;
    STARTUPINFOW startupInfo;
    PROCESS_INFORMATION processInfo;

    cmdLine = GetCommandLineW();
    if (*cmdLine == L'"')
    {
        cmdLine++;
        while (*cmdLine)
        {
            if (*cmdLine++ == L'"')
            {
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    else
    {
        while (*cmdLine && *cmdLine != L' ' && *cmdLine != L'\t')
        {
            cmdLine++;
        }
    }
    while (*cmdLine == L' ' || *cmdLine == L'\t')
    {
        cmdLine++;
    }

    SecureZeroMemory(&startupInfo, sizeof(startupInfo));
    startupInfo.cb = sizeof(startupInfo);
    startupInfo.dwFlags = STARTF_FORCEONFEEDBACK;
    SecureZeroMemory(&processInfo, sizeof(processInfo));

    if (CreateProcessW(NULL, cmdLine, NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL, NULL, &startupInfo, &processInfo))
    {
        AllowSetForegroundWindow(processInfo.dwProcessId);
        exitCode = ERROR_SUCCESS;
    }
    else
    {
        exitCode = GetLastError();
    }

    if (processInfo.hProcess)
    {
        CloseHandle(processInfo.hProcess);
    }
    if (processInfo.hThread)
    {
        CloseHandle(processInfo.hThread);
    }
    ExitProcess(exitCode);
}